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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Yet another stem cell company is coming to town. Dag Dvergsten, president of the Norwegian biotech firm CellCura, announced Friday at University Research Park that his company will set up shop in Madison with three to five employees early in 2007. Dvergsten was introduced by Gov. Jim Doyle, who said he hoped the results of...

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE:MTG) will hold a conference call, on Thursday, January 11, 2007, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to allow securities analysts and shareholders the opportunity to hear Management discuss the Company's results for the quarter ended December 31, 2006. Financial results for the quarter will be released before the market opens on...

RHINELANDER, Wis., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Customers searching for the best deals in online pet medications now enjoy an added benefit when buying from Drs. Foster & Smith's pet pharmacy: peace of mind. That's because PharmacyChecker, the nation's leading consumer protection service for online pharmacies, has accredited Drs. Foster & Smith into its licensing verification program. To date, Drs. Foster...

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) (M&I) today announced that Dennis J. Kuester, 64, will retire as chief executive officer at the Corporation's Annual Meeting of Shareholders in April 2007 and will be succeeded by Mark F. Furlong, 49, the Corporation's president. Kuester will continue to serve as chairman of the board. The transition announced...

For more information, contact: David W. Carlson, Public Relations Manager, Dane County Human Services, (608) 242-6424. The Dane County Department of Human Services is working with the South Central Workforce Development Board and several other agencies to assist 380 workers who lost their jobs Friday with the closing of Sunny Industries in Mazomanie. The County department this week also provided staff...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – When Philip Ryan worked as a tour leader in his native Ireland, he was notorious for ignoring standard routes and heading off the beaten path. “I’d find out the interests of the people in my group and then we’d go for it,” recalls the amiable Dubliner, who was guiding for a company called Tir...

By Ryann Petit-Frere WisBusiness.com MADISON -- When Megan Ramey steps into her empty storefront “box” of drywall and wood-planked floors, she sees more than what meets the eye. She sees the newest haven for urbanites in the Williamson Street neighborhood. Built around the old Schlitz Beer distribution building and tucked under the City Ridge Condominiums at 804 Williamson St., MoCo...